If the FDA is already on the case, I say do a news story so the truth will get out there and not just what the FDA wants to say. I change my vote! go for it please.
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Maybe instead of a story about e-cigs, make it about how "the man" is ready to shut them down even if they work like a charm? Show the world how e-cigs will not get a fair shake.
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I don't know how much this forum is representative of e-smokers in general, but the large majority of the people here seem to have cut down considerably on smoking, or even quit, while on the e-cigarette. Some had previously failed other NRT therapies. Some of us are pretty new to this, but others have been around for months and stayed with it. The trials on "approved" NRT show that the rate of "success", especially after a few months, is pretty low.
It would be nice if we could have systematic statistics of the users here (not in the form of a thread), as it could provide some documentation in favor of e-smoking, although definitely not the kind of evidence regulators would want. But, if all the forum participants filled out a short questionnaire every two months or so, that may be very useful, even if it is just for the forum users. There could be a few questions about previous smoking, current smoking, time with the e-cig, nic level, etc.
There is the issue that perhaps some of us are getting more nicotine than when they smoked real cigarettes, which is a con (for the WHO, FDA, and all the helath police), but for many others, a little nic goes a long way, and for the nic-indulgents, this is still probably better than smoking (and would be even more so if the liquids were more regulated).
A story with some data of this kind would be more informative, but I guess you cannot have that. But -given tat the FDA is on it- perhaps you should go ahead.
It would be nice if we could have systematic statistics of the users here (not in the form of a thread), as it could provide some documentation in favor of e-smoking, although definitely not the kind of evidence regulators would want. But, if all the forum participants filled out a short questionnaire every two months or so, that may be very useful, even if it is just for the forum users. There could be a few questions about previous smoking, current smoking, time with the e-cig, nic level, etc.
There is the issue that perhaps some of us are getting more nicotine than when they smoked real cigarettes, which is a con (for the WHO, FDA, and all the helath police), but for many others, a little nic goes a long way, and for the nic-indulgents, this is still probably better than smoking (and would be even more so if the liquids were more regulated).
A story with some data of this kind would be more informative, but I guess you cannot have that. But -given tat the FDA is on it- perhaps you should go ahead.
I was a newspaper reporter in the 80s, right out of college, but while we are a news/talk station, today I am not on the editorial staff... I'm a studio engineer (a button monkey)... so while I understand and completely agree with your interpretation of journalistic standards and considerations, I don't feel particularly bound by them.
I could pitch the story to any one of several reporters and/or editors here who would do it justice. I could skew my pitch so that it was covered as a quit smoking story, a new technology/gadget story, an underground economy story, a medical and legal implications story, even a light feature about clever ways to get around smoking bans in bars.
That said, I do not want to be known as the guy who killed e-smoking. I once did a story on a college film class that was making a horror flick for a class project and they got shut down... I lost some friends over that.
I am going to have to think about this...
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